Package-carrier.



H. C. GOODHICH.

PACKAGE CARRIER.

APPLlcATIoN man Ama. la. 1915.

1.32m; 9. Paten-m am., 1919.

STATES PATENT OFFCE.

HARRY CLINTON GOODRICl-I, OF FORT LEE, NEW JERSEY.

PACKAGE-CARRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 14, 1919.

Application filed April 13, 1915. Serial No. 21,152.

county of Bergenand State of New Jersey, Vhave invented certain new and useful Iniprovements in Package-Carriers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings, forming part thereof.

My invention relates to fastening devices for package carriers and objects of my invention are to provide a simple inexpensive and effective device of this kind adapted .to be attached to a strap for carrying packages of books and also 4other bundles or articles which it is'desired to assemble and retain in a single" package provided with convenient means-foi' carrying inthe hand. Other more particular objects and advantages of my invention will hereinafter apear. Y r j l My invention'includes a particular constriution lof fastening device embodying l I' shall now describe the fastening device ing novel featuresvof construction, as will appear from the following description.

embodying my invention illustrated in the accompanying ,drawings and shall thereafter point out my invention inclaims.

Figure 1 is axperspective view illustratmy invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged partial, elevation of the-package carrier as viewed diagonally from the front and right in Fig. 1.

Fig `3 is a further enlarged perspective view of one end of the package carrying strap and the fastening device thereon.

Fig. 4: is a reversed plan or view from thevback of what appears inFig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a perspective edge view of ar fastening device kbefore its attachment to the carrier strap. f

Fig. 6 is a front plan view 0f a sheet metal blank cut out in its final shape or configuration but not yetbent to form the completed fastening device.

Fig. 7 is a plan view illustrating a slightly "modified construction of fastening device.

The package carrier embodying my invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings comprises a package-encircling and handle-providing strap 1 having similar strap-engaging or strap-gripping fastening devices securely anchored or permanently tlie use of a package carrier embodyingv that is the material indicated in the drawl ings.

The fastening devices carried by the ends of the sti'ap 1 are shown in the drawings as of identical construction and a single particular description will therefore serve for each of the two devices embodied in the complete package carrier illustrated in the drawings. Each fastening device is shown as formed from a single piece of sheet metal and in manufacture a flat blank is first punched out of the shape illustrated in Fig. 6 and this flat blank is bent along the broken lines indicated in Fig. 6 to form the completed fastening device which appears in Fig. 5 before its attachment to the strap 1 and in the other figures of the drawings two such fastening devices are shown as permanently attached or anchored to the strap 1.

Each fastening device has a fiat main portion or body 2 which is narrower at the rear and of greater width in its forward poi'- tion. Attaching lugs or anchor lugs 3 are provided at each side at the rear of the ings, particularly in Fig. 4, thereby securely to anchor the fastening ldevice in place upon the end of the strap 1.

In its wider portion forward from the attaching lugs 3 the body 2 is provided `with a transverse gripping slot i which is open at one of its ends at one edge of such wider portion of the body 2.so as to be adapted to snugly slip over and detachably grip the strap 1 at any desired place along such strap and as is clearly illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. A strap-tightening lug 5 projects to the front at the rear of the body 2 between the attaching lugs 3 and is adapted to be engaged by the thumb for shifting the fastening device longitudinally along the strap 1 in tightening the strap about a package, and also in adjusting the free portion of the strap to form a handle Iloop as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.` A side lug 6 projects to 'the front at the side edge of the body 2 adjacent to the closed .end of` Vof the body 2 and the projecting attaching lugs 3 are formed from adjacent lateral parts of the flat metal, thereby utilizing the metal to good advantage with a minimum of Waste, as will be most clearly evident from an inspection of Fig. 6 of the drawings. It should also be noted that preferably the manually engageable lugs 5 and 6 project substantially perpendicularly from the body 2 as appears in the drawings. It should be further noted that not only, as hereinbefore stated, are both of the fastening devices alike at the two ends of the strap, but they are attached to the strap in the same relative positions as viewed from the same side of the strap, that is to say, Fig. 3, yfor example, is a correct illustration of either end of the carrier strap 1 and its attached fastening device.

' The manner of use and operation of the package carrier are clearly indicated in Fig. l. In placing the package carrier on a package, the strap 1 is passed around the one or more articles which are to form the package, such, for example as the books shown in Fig. l, androne of the fastening devices, for example that shown at the right in Fig. 1, is slipped over the adjacent edge of the strap l so that. the strap fully yenters thegripping slot il, the finger being pushed against the side lug 6 in effecting such en gagement. The fastening device is then slipped along the strap 1 to tighten the strap about Vthe package, the thumb pressing against the rear lug 5 in effecting such tightening of the strap. The slot 1 has squarecut edges or side walls, as indicated in the drawings, and fits closely or snugly over the strap 1 so that the angular tension of the strap, as clearly illustrated at the right in Fig. 2, produces an effective gripping action so that the tightened strap will not slip through the slot 4 after -the proper adjustment has been made. rIhe fastening device at the other end of the strap is now engaged with the strap 1 at the proper place to form a handle loop for the package, as clearly appears in Figs. 1 and 2, and such handle loop will, of course, be somewhat longer or shorter according to the dimensions of the package which is encircled by the strap.

In the slightly modified construction illustrated in Fig. 7 the wider forward portion of the central body 7 stops at the gripping slot A8 adjacent to the open end of such slot so as to leave aprojecting prong 9 forward from the slot. This prong 9 makes yit easier to engage the strap in the slot 8. In some instances this modified construction might be desirable.

It is obvious that various modifications may be made in the constructions shown in theV drawings and above particularly described within the principle and scope. 0f my invention.

I claim: Y

1. A fastening device formed from asingle piece of at metal and comprising a flat body, attaching lugs projecting at opposite edges-of the body at the rear thereof and adapted to be clenched to anchor the device in place, such body being of greater width forward from the anchor lugs and provided in such wider portion with a transverse gripping slot open at one edge of said wider body portion, whereby such wider slotted gripping portion 'and thel projecting attaching lugs may be formed from adjacent parts of the flat metal.H

2. A fastening deviceincluding a single piece of metal and comprising a fiat body, attaching lugs projecting toward the back thereof and adapted to be clenched to anchor the device in place, such body portion being provided with a transverse gripping slot open at one yedge'of vsaid body portion, a-

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